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From module Angle Chasing Mastery

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Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasingDistance chasingComplex numbers in geometry

Problem

Let ABCABC be a triangle with centroid GG. Points RR and SS are chosen on rays GBGB and GCGC, respectively, such that

∠ABS=∠ACR=180∘−∠BGC.\angle ABS = \angle ACR = 180^\circ - \angle BGC.

Prove that ∠RAS+∠BAC=∠BGC\angle RAS + \angle BAC = \angle BGC.

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